Google Slides

Content:

1. Introduction to Google Slides

2. Creating a Google Slide in Drive
3. Slides Screen Components
4. Slide Layouts
5. Creating and deleting slides
6. Themes
7. Backgrounds
8. Fonts, Shapes and Textboxes
9. Images
10. Transitions
11. Animations
12. Views
13. What makes a good presentation?

1. Introduction to Google Slides

Google Slides is an app in Google workspace that allows students to create slides of information,
typically used to discuss a topic with a larger audience. You can access, create, and edit your
presentations wherever you go — from your phone, tablet, or computer.

2. Creating a Google Slide in Drive

Step by step process to create a presentation in Google Slides.

1. Sign in to the official email id

2. Click on the apps launcher and select Drive (selecting drive instead of slides directly
helps with organizing the slides in the folder we want)
 3. Click on New -> Google Slides

4. Double click on the Untitled Presentation (title) and change it to a desired name.

3. Slides Screen Components

When you create a new presentation in Google Slides, the interface for Slides will appear. This
interface displays the toolbar, along with the main view of your presentation. It allows you to
create and modify slides, choose a theme, and share the presentation with others.

click this button to play your

presentation title presentation
menu toolbar

shortcut toolbar

slide
navigatio
n pane slide pane

notes pane

4. Slide Layouts

When you insert a new slide, it will usually have placeholders to show you where text will be
placed. Slides have different layouts for placeholders, depending on the type of information you
want to include. Whenever you create a new slide, you'll need to choose a slide layout that fits
your content.

Example Slide Layouts:

Whenever you start a new presentation, it will contain one slide with the Title Slide layout. You
can insert as many slides as you need from a variety of layouts.

1. Click the drop-down arrow next to the New slide command.

New Slide
2. Choose the desired slide layout from the drop-down menu that appears.
 3. The new slide will appear.

❖ To change the layout of an existing slide, click the Layout command on the shortcut
toolbar, then choose the desired layout.

❖ To quickly add a slide that uses the same layout as the selected slide, click the New slide
command on the shortcut toolbar or use the key combination Ctrl+M..

5. Creating and deleting slides

Whenever you start a new presentation, it will contain one slide with the Title Slide layout. You
can insert as many slides as you need from a variety of layouts.
● Click the drop-down arrow next to the New slide command.
● Choose the desired slide layout from the drop-down menu that appears.
● The new slide will appear.
● To change the layout of an existing slide, click the Layout command, then choose the
desired layout.
● To quickly add a slide that uses the same layout as the selected slide, click the New slide
command.

When you create a new slide, you can enter text in any of the text placeholders on that slide.
Just click the placeholder, and the insertion point should appear. Then, you can type whatever
 you want.

You aren't confined to entering text only in the placeholders. You can also create a text box
anywhere on the slide. To do this, click the text box command on the shortcut toolbar, then
click and drag to draw the text box on the slide. Then, you can click the text box and start
typing.

Delete slides: If you want to remove a slide from your presentation, you can delete it. Simply select
the slide you want to delete from the slide navigation pane, then press the Delete or Backspace
key on your keyboard.

6. Themes

When you first create a new presentation, Google Slides will prompt you to choose a theme.
Themes give you a quick and easy way to change the overall design of your presentation. Each
theme has a unique combination of colors, fonts, and slide layouts. Select a theme from the
panel on the right side of the window, and it will be applied to your entire presentation.

If you want to change your theme, you can open the Themes panel again by clicking the Theme
command on the shortcut toolbar.
7. Backgrounds

Steps to change the background:

1. Click on the Background tab on the shortcut toolbar.

2. The Background dialog box is displayed.

3. Select the colour if a colour is needed as the background. (Click on the dropdown arrow
and select a colour. This can be from the Theme colours or a completely different
colour.)

4. Select Choose Image if you want an image as the background. (Choose Image ->
Browse -> select the image from your device -> Open)

5. If you want all the slides to have this image as the background, then select Add to
Theme option after setting the Background.

6. If you want to go back to how the slides looked without the new background, select
Reset to theme.
8. Fonts, Shapes and Textboxes

The commands for formatting text only appear if you have selected a placeholder or text within
a placeholder. If you cannot find You may need to click the More button to see all of the
commands.

To add a textbox or a shape:

1. Click on Insert.

2. Select Textbox / Shapes. Alternatively, you can select the Text box and Shape
commands from the shortcut toolbar.

3. If adding a shape, select the shape that you want to add.

4. Click the Shape command on the toolbar to open the drop-down menu. Hover over one
of the categories, then choose a shape.

5. Click and drag in the desired location to add the shape to the slide

6. The shape will appear on the slide.

9. Images
 The image to be inserted can be an image saved in the computer,
an image from the web, an image in the google drive and so on.
At this grade level, we will focus on the image present in the device and images that we
can copy from the internet.

Steps to insert an image that is saved in your computer:

1. Click on Insert.
2. Select Upload from computer
3. Select the image and click on Open.
4. Move the image on the slide to where you want it. Resize it if required.

Steps to insert an image from the web:

1. Click on Insert.
2. Select Search the web.
3. Type the keywords and press Enter.
4. Select the image by clicking on it.
5. Click on Insert at the bottom of the search pane.
6. The image appears on the slide. Move the image on the slide to where you want it.
Resize it if required.
(OR) Search for the image using [Link]; copy the image and paste it on the slide.

10. Transitions

You can add animations to objects on slides or transitions to entire slides.

Transition, as the name suggests is how one slide “transits” or moves to the next slide. A transition
can be as simple as fading to the next slide, or it can be a more flashy effect.

Animation means to manipulate (move, resize, make it appear or disappear) a specific object
(textbox, image, shape etc) on a slide. Any object can be animated, making it move or fade in or out
of the slide. Google Slides makes it easy to apply these effects to some or all of your slides.

Google Slides has one pane to manage all of your transitions and animations. The Motion pane will
allow you to configure the transition and all animations for the current slide.

To add a transition:

1. Select the desired slide, then click the Transition command on the shortcut toolbar.
 2. The Motion pane will appear. Underneath Slide Transition, open the drop-down menu;
then, select a transition.

3. The transition will be applied to the current slide. You also can adjust the speed of the
transition or apply the same transition to all slides.

11. Animations

To add an animation:

1. Right-click the desired object, then select Animate.

 2. The Motion pane will appear. Underneath Object Animations, a default animation will
be added to the selected object and displayed in the pane.

3. Click on the right arrow, open the drop-down menu and select the desired animation.
If the Motion pane is already open and you want to add more animations, you can select an
object and click Add animation. You can also add multiple animations to one object.

Animation options

By default, an effect starts playing when you click the mouse during a slide show. If you have
multiple effects, you will need to click multiple times to start each effect individually. However,
by changing the start option for each effect, you can have effects that automatically play after
the previous effect or with the previous effect.

If the object is a placeholder or text box, the By paragraph check box will be displayed. It
determines if the animation is applied to the entire box or if it animates each paragraph of text in
 the box one at a time. You can also adjust the speed of the
animation by dragging the animation speed slider.

12. Views

You can view your presentation in three views: The Present view, The Presenter view and the Grid
view.

● To enable Present, click on the Present tab or click on View -> Present.

● To enable Presenter View, click on the drop down next to the Present tab and select Presenter
View.

● To enable Grid View, click on View -> Grid.

13. What makes a good presentation?

Here a few tips for a good presentation:

● Engaging all senses will create a stronger impression on the viewer and make a presentation more
memorable. So, we need to include audiovisual elements while presenting an idea.

● Make the presentation as concise as possible - include what’s only really important.

● Your points need to connect and lead from one into the other so the audience has a story to follow.

● By reducing the content on each slide and adding just an outline in slides, we can ensure that the
attention of the audience is not diverted between the speaker and the presentation.

● Transitions and animations are best used in moderation. Adding too many of these effects can make
your presentation look a little silly and can even be distracting to your audience.

● Your presentation should deliver a clear and concise message.